Issue 9 (49), November 2011

CRRC will be a Host Institution under OSF’s Think Tank Fund Internship Program

Beginning next year, CRRC will be one of several host organizations for Open Society Foundation’s new program - Think
Tank Internships for MA and PhD Graduates. The program is for citizens of Central and Eastern European, Western
Balkan and the South Caucasus countries who are MA and PhD graduates and had received OSF Scholarships in 2009,
2010 or 2011, or graduated from the Central European University after 2009. Read more...

Graduation Ceremony for the Junior Fellowship Program in Azerbaijan

On October 15, 2011, CRRC-Azerbaijan organized a conference recognizing the completion of its first Junior Research
Fellowship Program (JRFP). The conference featured five presentations of individual research projects by the winners of
the JRFP essay contest, as well as information about the general activities of CRRC-Azerbaijan office followed by an
award ceremony and lunch. Read more...

Presenting Social Cohesion in Armenia

CRRC-Armenia has recently completed a nationwide survey on Social Cohesion in Armenian Society. This project is the
first comprehensive study on the subject in Armenia and was completed within the frame of UNDP’s project, "Enhancing
Dialogue and Trust Building in Armenia". The project included a nationwide survey with 3,170 respondents, in-depth and
expert interviews and focus groups to identify ways to improve the situation regarding social cohesion in the
country. Read more...

MYPLACE Fieldwork Starts in Georgia

CRRC-Georgia has just begun a project entitled MYPLACE (“Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement”)
which aims to understand the level of social activism among youth between the ages of 16 to 25 in Georgia, as well as
their goals. Georgia is one of 14 countries involved in this 4-year project led by the University of Warwick and funded by
the European Commission.In October, CRRC-Georgia collected empirical data for the project which included five focus
groups and seven expert interviews in Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Telavi. Read more...

UPCOMING EVENTS
- Blog highlight: Fancy Living Abroad? 39% of Young Armenians Say "Preferably Forever".

- Media highlight: United, Sort of: Survey Reveals Family Cohesion among Armenians, but Civil Involvement “Critically
Low”.

- Ongoing: weekly Works-in-Progress seminars, discussing research projects and how to make them even better.
Wednesday, 6:15 PM, CRRC Georgia. Check the Facebook page for more detail.

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with the goal of strengthening social science research and public policy analysis in the South Caucasus. The program is supported by Carnegie
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